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Erisocrinidae
Taxonomy
Erisocrinidae was named by Miller (1889). It is not extant. Its type is Erisocrinus.
It was assigned to Poteriocrinina by Burke (1977); to Erisocrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Webster (2006), Mao et al. (2018); and to Erisocrinoidea by Webster et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Poteriocrinina by Burke (1977); to Erisocrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Webster (2006), Mao et al. (2018); and to Erisocrinoidea by Webster et al. (2025).
Subtaxa
Eperisocrinus, Erisocrinus (type genus), Exaetocrinus, Jaramahcrinus, Neoprotencrinus, Parallelocrinus, Qararicrinus, Sinocrinus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Erisocrinidae Miller |
| 1977 | Erisocrinidae Burke p. 174 |
| 1978 | Erisocrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T705 |
| 2006 | Erisocrinidae Webster |
| 2018 | Erisocrinidae Mao et al. p. 1071 |
| 2025 | Erisocrinidae Webster et al. p. 663 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Erisocrinidae Miller 1889
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G. †Erisocrinus Meek and Worthen 1865
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†Erisocrinus araxensis Yakovlev 1933
†Erisocrinus longwelli Lane and Webster 1966
†Erisocrinus propinquus Weller 1909
†Erisocrinus typus Meek and Worthen 1865
†Erisocrinus wapanucka Strimple 1961
G. †Exaetocrinus
G. †Parallelocrinus Miller 1889
G. †Sinocrinus Tien 1926
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†Sinocrinus sheareri Strimple and Watkins 1969
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Invalid names: Sinocrinus asymmetricus Strimple 1976 [synonym]
†Sinocrinus websteri Ausich et al. 2024
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 335.90000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (44 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigantian | United Kingdom | Exaetocrinus carlopsensis (90824) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Oklahoma) | Erisocrinus wapanucka (128689) | |
| Moscovian | China | Sinocrinus sp. (90770) | |
| Missourian | USA (Oklahoma) | Erisocrinus sp. (72365 72367 72368 72373 72374 72384 72385) Erisocrinus typus (216601) | |
| Missourian | USA (Illinois) | Erisocrinus typus (51191) | |
| Missourian | USA (Ohio) | Erisocrinus typus (159904) | |
| Missourian | USA (Kansas) | Erisocrinus sp. (72366 72369 72371 72372 72375 72376 72377 72378 72379 72383) | |
| Missourian | USA (Missouri) | Delocrinus missouriensis (71504) Erisocrinus typus (26878) | |
| Missourian | USA (Nebraska) | Erisocrinus sp. (44411) | |
| Missourian | USA (Texas) | Erisocrinus sp. (90808) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Ohio) | Parallelocrinus sturgeoni (90870) | |
| Rusavkinian | USA (Nebraska) | Erisocrinus typus (124441) | |
| Asselian | China (Henan) | Erisocrinus longwelli, Neoprotencrinus anyangensis, Sinocrinus sheareri (197054) | |
| Artinskian | Slovenia | Sinocrinus websteri (236360) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Nevada) | Erisocrinus longwelli (74742 90756 90757) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Erisocrinus propinquus (89392) | |
| Kungurian | Oman | Erisocrinus sp. (275573) Qararicrinus batainensis (275572) | |
| Noginskian | USA (Nebraska) | Erisocrinus typus (124442) | |
| Melekhovian | USA (Nebraska) | Erisocrinus longwelli (124480 124481) | |
| Capitanian | Tunisia (Madanin) | Erisocrinidae indet. (41965) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Azerbaijan | Erisocrinus araxensis (42898 110681 241016) |